Fun Facts About the Name Whitton
- 114 babies named Whitton: U.S. records list 114 babies given the name Whitton from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Whitton Mean?
Whitton is an English habitational name, taken from one or more of the villages in England called Whitton. Those place names were formed from Old English hwīt, "white," and tūn, "enclosure," "farmstead," or "village." The literal sense is "white farmstead" or "white village."
The "white" element most likely pointed to something visible in the landscape or settlement - chalky, lime-rich soil or pale stone walls - although the specific reason behind each individual place name is not always recoverable. Some explanations instead take the first element as an Old English personal name such as Hwita, which would give the sense "Hwita's farmstead"; the adjective "white" is the derivation more commonly given.
Whitton Name History & Origins
The settlements behind the name are Old English in origin. They follow a very common pattern of hwīt plus tūn, which is why several unconnected English villages share the name - among them places in Lincolnshire, Northumberland, Shropshire, and the Middlesex village that is now part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. The modern spelled form with "Wh-" preserves the Old English hw- sound that also stands at the start of "white" and "what."
Hereditary English surnames of this type developed from the thirteenth century onward, as people came to be identified by the village they came from or held land in. A man from any of the Whittons could be recorded by that name, and the surname is found in England and Scotland. Emigrants carried it to North America and other English-speaking countries.
Whitton as a first name is a transferred use of the surname, belonging to the wider modern habit of using surnames as given names. It has never been common as a personal name.
How Popular is the Name Whitton?
Whitton has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2024. Its best rank was #6,424 in 2024.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,215 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2024 | #6,424 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2023 | #10,749 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #7,732 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2021 | #6,660 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2020 | #6,597 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2019 | #9,687 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #8,119 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2017 | #7,511 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2016 | #8,769 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2014 | #9,586 | 8 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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